All manners of inventors and innovators, artists and designers, craftsmen and artisans from the world over are being recognized for all the green innovation and sustainable techniques that man has ever known.

Both the environment and us humans will benefit from it. Well, suffice to say, upcyling benefits the environment it benefits us as well. But even with aspects of finance, say your family’s budget, you’ll be saving a considerable amount with your expenses if you’ll adapt the habit of upcyling.

More and more artists are embracing the eco activist in them by creating art from trash to make a statement. You, too, can do your part and apply recycling, upcycling or repurposing every time you have a DIY or Arts and Crafts project in mind.

The likes of Claudio Garzon, along with other eco activist artists who are choosing to use their ‘gifts’ not just to inspire people but to educate them as well and raise ocean awareness can be considered as the ‘ocean defenders’ of our time.